Coyote Spirit of Muisca
In Muisca mythology from the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia the coyote spirit of the mountains belongs to the hierarchy of nature spirits inhabiting sacred peaks and paramo highlands. The Muisca people, famous for the legend of El Dorado, recognized mountains surrounding the Bogota savanna as dwelling places of powerful spirits governing weather, water flow from heights, and soil fertility in valleys below. The coyote mountain spirit oversees transition zones where high paramo grasslands meet cloud forests, areas of extraordinary biodiversity that the Muisca considered the boundary betwe